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Lightning Trees at Arapahoe Basin

Freeride · 347 m long with 109 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
347 mlength
109 mvertical
3516 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Lightning Trees is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Lightning Trees

Lifts that reach the top: Zuma Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wrangler Express
  2. Ski Wrangler (easy)
  3. Ride Lenawee Express
  4. Ski Black Bear (advanced)
  5. Ski Long Chute (advanced)
  6. Ski Gentling (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cooper (intermediate)
  8. Ride Zuma Lift
  9. Ski Mountain Goat Traverse (advanced)
  10. Ski Lightning Traverse (advanced)
  11. Ski Lightning Trees (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Elephant's Trunk, Hike.

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.